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visual impairment


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visual impairment
n. (state)1. vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairmentimpairment of the sense of sight.
~ amaurosispartial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain.
~ amblyopiavisual impairment without apparent organic pathology.
~ ametropia(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia.
~ aniseikoniavisual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes.
~ anorthopiadistorted vision in which straight lines appear curved.
~ aphakiaabsence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts).
~ blindness, cecity, sightlessnessthe state of being blind or lacking sight.
~ color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiencygenetic inability to distinguish differences in hue.
~ diplopia, double visionvisual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects.; "diplopia often disappears when one eye is covered"
~ disability, disablement, handicap, impairmentthe condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"
~ day blindness, hemeralopiainability to see clearly in bright light.
~ hemianopia, hemianopsiablindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes.
~ quadrantanopiablindness in one fourth of the visual field.
~ metamorphopsiaa defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina.
~ moon blindness, night blindness, nyctalopiainability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder.
~ photoretinitisdamage to the retina resulting from exposure of the eye to the sun without adequate protection.
~ detached retina, detachment of the retina, retinal detachmentvisual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation.
~ scotomaan isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field.
~ tunnel visionvisual impairment involving a loss of peripheral vision.
~ xanthopsiavisual defect in which objects appear to have a yellowish hue; sometimes occurs in cases of jaundice.